The British Columbia Songwriter Challenge

The second annual Vancouver Songwriting Workshop & Canadian Songwriter Challenge took place from April 28 to May 1, 2016. This 5-day event included a kickoff gathering, song critiquing, co-writing, mentoring, professional development activities, demoing in a professional studio environment, and live performances. 25 registered songwriters took part in the workshop, which was led by four well-known professional songwriters/producers.

Building on the success of last year’s songshop, a few differences were implemented in response to the feedback received. There was also an introduction of a scholarship fund, where three of the places to the songwriting workshop were fully funded by the Wayne Ferguson Scholarship Fund.